Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, March 3 (game #730).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #731) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Piece of cake
NYT Strands today (game #731) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SLANG
- STING
- FALL
- CAFE
- SOFA
- SELL
NYT Strands today (game #731) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #731) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 1st column
Last side: bottom, 2nd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #731) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #731, are…
- SUGAR
- FLOUR
- VANILLA
- CANDLES
- FROSTING
- COCOA
- SPANGRAM: BAKINGAISLE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
I like baking cakes, and have made a few nice ones over the years for my kids’ birthdays.
My biggest success was a Pikachu/Pokemon cake I made when they were young, at which point I realized an important truth about these things: moldable frosting (more often called ‘icing’ in the UK) can do a lot of hard work towards turning something unrecognizable into something that will delight a seven-year-old. Seriously — you could almost forget about the cake inside it and just give them a pile of shaped yellow frosting and they’ll be happy.
Despite this being a relatively straightforward Strands puzzle it took me the longest time to identify the Spangram. I spotted BAKING early on, and having already found SUGAR and FLOUR knew what the general theme was. But BAKING AISLE? That second half of the phrase took me a while.
Still, I got there in the end, and none of the other answers were too tricky apart from CANDLES, which I didn’t think of initially due to them not being an ingredient as such.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, March 3, game #730)
- ORDERLY
- TIDY
- NEAT
- SHIPSHAPE
- CLEAN
- IMMACULATE
- SPANGRAM: SPRUCEDUP
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
